Those who were penitent obtained absolution. 悔过者获得了赦免。
The priest pronounced his absolution from sin. 神父免除了他的罪。
History does not relate whether the priest gave him absolution. 历史并未提到神父是否赦免了他。
absolution
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the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance
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the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
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Absolution \Ab`so*lu"tion\, n. [F. absolution, L. absolutio, fr. absolvere to absolve. See {Absolve}.] 1. An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. ``Government . . . granting absolution to the nation.'' --Froude.
2. (Civil Law) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent. [Obs.]
3. (R. C. Ch.) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven.
Note: In the English and other Protestant churches, this act regarded as simply declaratory, not as imparting forgiveness.
4. (Eccl.) An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for example, excommunication. --P. Cyc.
5. The form of words by which a penitent is absolved. --Shipley.
6. Delivery, in speech. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
{Absolution day} (R. C. Ch.), Tuesday before Easter.
Vote on a proposal outlining conditions for the use of general absolution, or forgiveness of a group of penitents without individual confessions.
This is why the Soviets so took heart in Mr. Reagan's unnecessary and certainly premature absolution of the Soviet Union as an expansive state and why they so delighted in Mr. Gorbachev's personal success.
The murderer who had confessed and been refused absolution had been convicted, then escaped from gaol.
In 1985, the Vatican removed Hunthausen's authority in several major areas, after accusing him of being loose in granting marriage annulments and general absolution for sins as well as of allowing homosexuals to gather in church facilities.
In disciplining him, Rome claimed he was too flexible about granting annulments, general absolution for sins, intercommunion with Protestants and letting gay Catholics meet in Catholic churches.